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In the interest of chronologic significance, we should not include books of a limited technical nature (for example, PHP5 for Dummies), but instead those which grant a broader outlook on life.
In the interest of chronologic significance, we should not include books of a limited technical nature (for example, PHP5 for Dummies), but instead those which grant a broader outlook on life.


The current format is book title, author, brief description, and your name. If multiple people like a book, you can add your names into the "name" field. We should probably also have some way to denote whether it is on the shelf at Noisebridge. This will be in a nice table shortly. Also, there is no real categorization yet, I am including technical as well as nontechnical.
The current format is book title, author, brief description, and your name. If multiple people like a book, you can add your names into the "name" field. We should probably also have some way to denote whether it is on the shelf at Noisebridge. Also, there is no real categorization yet, I am including technical as well as nontechnical.


Title Author Description Name
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Godel Escher Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid, Douglas R Hofstader, , aestetix
!Title
The Art of Computer Programming, Don Knuth, , aestetix
!Author
1984, George Orwell, , aestetix
!Description
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, Steven Levy, , aestetix
!Recommended By
Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card, , aestetix
|-
The Code Book, Simon Singh, , aestetix
|Godel Escher Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid
Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson, , aestetix
|Douglas R Hofstader
Code, Charles Petzold, , aestetix
|
The Annotated Turing, Charles Petzold, , aestetix
|aestetix
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce, , aestetix
|-
Ulysses, James Joyce, , aestetix
|The Art of Computer Programming
The Magus, John Fowles, , aestetix
|Don Knuth
The Collector, John Fowles, , aestetix
|
The French Lieutenant's Woman, John Fowles, , aestetix
|aestetix
Technopoly, Neil Postman, , aestetix
|-
The Illuminatus! Trilogy, Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, , aestetix
|1984
Shrodinger's Cat, Robert Anton Wilson, , aestetix
|George Orwell
The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand, , aestetix
|
Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, , aestetix
|aestetix
The Hacker Crackdown, Bruce Sterling, , aestetix
|-
I, Robot, Isaac Asimov, , aestetix
|Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson, , aestetix
|Steven Levy
The Gold Bug Variations, Richard Powers, , aestetix
|
The Codebreakers, David Kahn, , aestetix
|aestetix
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon, , aestetix
|-
Little Brother, Cory Doctorow, , aestetix
|Ender's Game
|Orson Scott Card
|
|aestetix
|-
|The Code Book
|Simon Singh
|
|aestetix
|-
|Cryptonomicon
|Neal Stephenson
|
|aestetix
|-
|Code
|Charles Petzold
|
|aestetix
|-
|The Annotated Turing
|Charles Petzold
|
|aestetix
|-
|A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
|James Joyce
|
|aestetix
|-
|Ulysses
|James Joyce
|
|aestetix
|-
|The Magus
|John Fowles
|
|aestetix
|-
|The Collector
|John Fowles
|
|aestetix
|-
|The French Lieutenant's Woman
|John Fowles
|
|aestetix
|-
|Technopoly
|Neil Postman
|
|aestetix
|-
|The Illuminatus! Trilogy
|Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson
|
|aestetix
|-
|Shrodinger's Cat
|Robert Anton Wilson
|
|aestetix
|-
|The Fountainhead
|Ayn Rand
|
|aestetix
|-
|Atlas Shrugged
|Ayn Rand
|
|aestetix
|-
|The Hacker Crackdown
|Bruce Sterling
|
|aestetix
|-
|I, Robot
|Isaac Asimov
|
|aestetix
|-
|Snow Crash
|Neal Stephenson
|
|aestetix
|-
|The Gold Bug Variations
|Richard Powers
|
|aestetix
|-
|The Codebreakers
|David Kahn
|
|aestetix
|-
|Gravity's Rainbow
|Thomas Pynchon
|
|aestetix
|-
|Little Brother
|Cory Doctorow
|
|aestetix
|}

Revision as of 01:49, 8 April 2009

Books of Interest

Over the years, we have all pursued a number of titles that are of interest for varying reasons. This is a poor attempt to try and list a few of our favorites out to share with others. We can also use this as a reference for books with which we should stock the Noisebridge shelf.

In the interest of chronologic significance, we should not include books of a limited technical nature (for example, PHP5 for Dummies), but instead those which grant a broader outlook on life.

The current format is book title, author, brief description, and your name. If multiple people like a book, you can add your names into the "name" field. We should probably also have some way to denote whether it is on the shelf at Noisebridge. Also, there is no real categorization yet, I am including technical as well as nontechnical.

Title Author Description Recommended By
Godel Escher Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid Douglas R Hofstader aestetix
The Art of Computer Programming Don Knuth aestetix
1984 George Orwell aestetix
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution Steven Levy aestetix
Ender's Game Orson Scott Card aestetix
The Code Book Simon Singh aestetix
Cryptonomicon Neal Stephenson aestetix
Code Charles Petzold aestetix
The Annotated Turing Charles Petzold aestetix
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce aestetix
Ulysses James Joyce aestetix
The Magus John Fowles aestetix
The Collector John Fowles aestetix
The French Lieutenant's Woman John Fowles aestetix
Technopoly Neil Postman aestetix
The Illuminatus! Trilogy Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson aestetix
Shrodinger's Cat Robert Anton Wilson aestetix
The Fountainhead Ayn Rand aestetix
Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand aestetix
The Hacker Crackdown Bruce Sterling aestetix
I, Robot Isaac Asimov aestetix
Snow Crash Neal Stephenson aestetix
The Gold Bug Variations Richard Powers aestetix
The Codebreakers David Kahn aestetix
Gravity's Rainbow Thomas Pynchon aestetix
Little Brother Cory Doctorow aestetix
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